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The Story of Prophet Idris

A prophet of truth, patient and righteous, raised to a high station.

The Quran mentions Idris briefly and with great honour. Everything the Quran says about him fits in two short passages, and this page keeps to them.

وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِدْرِيسَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًۭا نَّبِيًّۭا

Surah Maryam 19:56
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Chapter 1 of 2

A man of truth

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Surah Maryam asks us to mention Idris in the Book, describing him as a man of truth and a prophet, and says that Allah raised him to a high station. Nothing more about his life is given in the Quran, and this page adds nothing.

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Surah Maryam 19:56–57

وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِدْرِيسَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًۭا نَّبِيًّۭا ﴿56﴾ وَرَفَعْنَٰهُ مَكَانًا عَلِيًّا ﴿57﴾

(56) And mention in the Book, Idrees. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet. (57) And We raised him to a high station.

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Chapter 2 of 2

Among the patient

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Surah Al-Anbiya names Idris alongside Ismail and Dhul-Kifl as being among the patient, whom Allah admitted into His mercy, for they were of the righteous. Patience and righteousness are the qualities the Quran chooses to record about him.

Quran · recitation and translation
Surah Al-Anbiya 21:85–86

وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَإِدْرِيسَ وَذَا ٱلْكِفْلِ ۖ كُلٌّۭ مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ ﴿85﴾ وَأَدْخَلْنَٰهُمْ فِى رَحْمَتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ﴿86﴾

(85) And [mention] Ishmael and Idrees and Dhul-Kifl; all were of the patient. (86) And We admitted them into Our mercy. Indeed, they were of the righteous.

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Sources note. Stories about Idris as the first to write or to sew come from later reports, not the Quran, and are not included.
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Passages about Idris in the Quran

Opening passage, rendered from the stored text:

  1. Surah Maryam19:56

    وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِدْرِيسَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًۭا نَّبِيًّۭا

    And mention in the Book, Idrees. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.

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